The Independent-News, Volume 113, Number 11, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 August 1987 — Page 4

- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - AUGUST 13, 1987

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EDITORIALS |

IT’S FESTIVAL TIME This Friday and Saturday will find North Liberty hustling and bustling as the annual Potato Creek Festival unfolds once again. This annual event attracts thousands of people to North Liberty for the two day event that features many booths, much entertainment and plenty of good eating for all to enjoy. There truly is something for everyone at the two day event, centered around the bank parking lot and the 100 block of Main Street in downtown North Liberty. This annual event, connected in name and theme with Potato Creek State Park, has been well received and this year for the first time is under the overall supervision of the North Liberty Lions Club after years of having Gaylor Saltzgaber as the general chairman. The change of administration will have little effect on the format and continued success, as everything is set and ready to go for Friday and Saturday. This is just another example of people working together to achieve a very worthwhile project. This has over the years been a real big event for North Liberty and we hope the weather and everything else cooperates once again for another very successful festival. REMEMBER THE CAUCUSES We would like to remind everyone in Walkerton and North Liberty to remember the coming party caucuses that will be selecting the candidates for the Town elections in November. The two political parties of the two towns will hold their caucuses in the next two weeks, check with your affiliated party for your date. We do not have all the dates at this time, but do know they will begin next Wednesday night in Walkerton with the Democrat caucus at the Community Building. If you are interested in your town, this is the time and place to express your opinions. The selection of the candidates at these meetings is as important as the actual election in November. Filling the ticket with interested and concerned people is a must if a Town Council is going to be chosen who is really interested in the operation of our towns. Plan now to participate if you can, the caucuses will all be held in the next couple of weeks. FF'reme mber JW SgL IVHEN— .

1982 The week of August 23rd, marks the opening of St. Patrick’s School. Teachers will report on Monday for a day of orientation. Pupils will meet on Tuesday, August 24th at 8:15. Bishop Andrew G. Grutka has announced the formation of a new Mission at Koontz Lake, in Starke County. The Mission is to be administered by the pastor of Holy Cross Parish, in Hamlet. Winning a total of 60 awards in the recent United States Championship Contest held in Orlando, Forida, including the National Championship in Virtuoso Ensemble and Senior Pop Combo, Gene Van brings a showcase accordian orchestra to North Liberty on Friday, August 13. Kicking off the first day of the “Potato Creek Festival" in a big way will be this group of young devoted accordionists with added electronics and percussion . The North Liberty Lions Gub members will be opening their new shoe shine booth at the Potato Creek Festival. Persons attending the Festival are invited to bring their shoes needing shined to th* booth for prompt attention. The John Glenn School Corporation, at their July 20 board meeting, accepted the following book rental charges for the 1982-83 school year. Kindergarten, $13.00; Readiness, $36.00; First Grade, $39.00; Second Grade, $37.50; Third Grade, $33.00; Fourth Grade, $39.00; Fifth Grade, $37.00; Sixth Grade, $38.00; Seventh Grade, $36.00; Eighth Grade, $40.00; Nine through Twelve, cost per course plus fees. Students of the John Glenn School Corporation will attend their first day of classes Tuesday. August 24, from 8:15 a m. to 11:00

a.m. Wednesday, August 25 will be the first full day of attendance and the first day for lunches. Lunches will cost $3.00 per week for grades one through five and $3.25 per week for grades six through 12. Cost for a half pint carton of milk separate from the Type A lunch will remain 15 cents. 1972 The football jamboree will be held at New Prairie on Friday night, August 25 with John Glenn, Michigan City Rogers and South Central participating along with New Prairie. At the market blade cut chuck roasts were selling for 59 cents a pound; swiss steak at $1.19; round tip roast at $1.19; rump roast at rump roast at $1.29 a pound; bacon at 79 cents a pound; slicing bologna at 99 cents a pound; smoked sausage at 89 cents a pound; a pound of butter at 59 cents; 16 ounce size of Cheese Whiz at 79 cents; four dozen eggs for $1.00; a half gallon of buttermilk at 39 cents; cantaloupe at 39 cents each; mushrooms at 89 cents a pound; three pounds of grapes for $1.00; a three pound can of Swiftning for 69 cents; three pound can of Chase and Sanborn coffee for $1.99; six 12 ounce cans of 7-Up for 59 cents; and a 38 ounce bottle of Wesson Oil for 79 cents. 1952 The Walkerton Merchants advertising bulletin, which put out its first issue in July, under the heading “You Name It” will make its second appearnance the latter part of August all dressed up with a new $50.00 name. The name contest closed last week and a committee has been working with the 109 entries sent in by interested parties and the new name will soon be selected with the winner to be awarded $50.00 in cash. The Walkerton-Lincoln Town-

ship Schools will open for registration and enrollment on Tuesday, September 2. 1942 Notification of Presidential approval of an estimated $19.b00 water public works waterworks improvement at Walkerton, was received by telegram on Saturday, from Congressman Robert A. Grant, at Washington, D.C. The project, construction of which is subject to the obtaining of effective priorities for materials will provide additions to an existing waterworks system, consisting of a well with pumping equipment and distribution mains. The proposed project, to be completely constructed by federal funds under the provisions of the Lanham Act, will serve a 200-family defense housing project, dormitories and a trailer park, it was announced. A large bam belonging to Russell Naragon in Liberty Township, was struck by lightning during the storm last Friday morning and was completely destroyed by the fire which resulted from the strike. Destroyed with the bam were large quantities of hay and grain, including two large com cribs. The garage was also burned. Mr. Naragon succeeded in getting the livestock out of the bam. Schools in Walkerton will open Monday, August 31, according to Supt. John M. Sellers. This is earlier than usual due to the fact that high schools all over the county are stepping up their schedules to conform to those of colleges which have gone to the three semester year. 1937 North Liberty is to have two new stores by the middle of August, according to announcements made this week. There will be a variety store, featuring merchandise from five cents to one dollar, and a grocerty store. The variety store will be a branch of the George Hershberger 5 cent to SI.OO stores which now operate in Walkerton and Bremen. The grocery store will be operated by W. D. Jones, of Teegarden, who had leased the Pommert room, next to the Town Hall. The Truckers Stop Case, located in the room recently vacated by Slim’s Case, will be ready to open for business Friday, according to Miss Pauline Stomp, of Oklahoma Gty, Oklahoma, who is in charge of the new business. The room is being redecorated, new fixtures installed and new equpment added. Miss Helen Brutnell, of Culver, will be the day manager and Miss Ruth Tuttle, of Walkerton, will have charge of night service. The case operates in cooperation with the Walkerton Phillips 66 Oil station. A couple John Laws from the county seat visited North Liberty and Walkerton stores Tuesday evening and made kindling wood of all the slot machines they could find. HAVE MEDICARE? DO YOU NEED ANOTHER INSURANCE POLICY? If you are eligible for or receive Medicare, do you need another insurance policy? Medicare is the federal government program which pays hospital and medical expenses for the aged and needy. “Contrary to what many people think, Medicare does not cover long term nursing care”, Attorney General Linley Pearson says. “Medicare recipients might want to consider "medigap” insurance to pay for those items not covered by Medicare.” Pearson says Medicare does not cover all hospitalization and skilled nursing costs. An insurance policy to bridge that gap might be a good idea to adequately cover all a patient’s needs. Pearson says consumers should use caution when determining which type of insurance is needed to bridge that gap. One policy should be adequate. Minnesota passed legislation in 1983 prohibit-

ing insurance agents from selling more than one “medigap” insurance policy to elderly consumers after learning some consumers had been taken advantage of. In one case there, an elderly consumer had been sold 70 life and health insurance policies in a five-year period, Pearson says. Pearson says hospitalization benefits are paid for by Medicare for the first 50 days with the exception of deductibles. A supplemental policy should cover the deductible. Qualifications for the supplemental insurance should be the same as those for Medicare, Pearson says. Co-payments for skilled nursing care from the 21st through 100 days should be covered in the supplemental policy, Pearson says. Coverages should be examined, as they can vary with the policy. Supplemental insurance may or may not include a private duty nurse; extra charges, such as those for telephone and television; partial ambulance costs and pints of blood before Medicare covers the cost. Pearson says hospitalization benefits on supplemental policies usually supplement Medicare benefits. But, he says, “medigap” insurance only supplements Medicare when Medicare is not enough — it will not pay where Medicare will not pay. While Medicare does cover certain after-hospitalization care, this is the only for skilled nursing home care. There are other requirements. Pearson says the facility must be certified and approved by Medicare. The patient must have been in a hospital for at least three days, then enter the health care facility within a month after discharge from the hospital. The stay in the skilled nursing home must be for the same illness that required the hospitalization. Pearson says skilled nursing home care covered by Medicare indudes the first 20 days with Medicare paying all the costs. The next 80 days require a deductible to be paid by the patient. Good “medigap” insurance policies will pay this co-payment deductible. Once more than 100 days have passed, the benefits of Medicare are gone unless a patient is out of the facility for 60 consecutive days. After that. Medicare may again kick in if the other requirements are met. Medicare does pay for home health care after a patient has been designed from the hospital. Pearson says.

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Pearson says things to look for in supplemental insurance include: — One good policy is better than several policies with overlapping coverage. — Check the pre-existing clause which can eliminate or reduce coverage for present illness. — Take your time in deciding which policy is best for you. — Most companies give you at least 10 days to review the policy. You can always send it back if you change your mind. — Do not switch policies unless your present policy is totally inadequate. — Never pay cash for an insurance policy. Always pay by check, money order or bank draft. — If a salesperson tells you he is from Medicare, or the government, call the authorities since such representation is illegal. ENJOY TRIP TO ALASKA Mr. and Mrs. John Harbaugh, North Liberty, and Mr. and Mrs. Welcome Miller, Walkerton, spent 17 days on tour of Alaska. Reaching the Top of the World and crossing the Artic Grcle enroute to Pt. Barrow on July 30. While touring the largest state in the Union, they traveled by plane, steamship, ferry, bus, river raft, school bus, train, piggyback, catamaren and paddle wheel. In Fairbanks they were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Scott, former North Liberty resident. They panned for gold at Crow Creek Gold Mine and Dawson City Mine No. 6 and were lucky and found some gold. They saw doll sheep, moose, carribou and bear in Denali Park in their natural habitat. At Pt. Barrow the Eskimos entertained in the afternoon with native dances and they displayed their handicrafts and handmade souveniors. It was a busy, entertaining and educational trip. They ended with a four-day cruise on the Love Boat "Princess” and flew back from Seattle, Washington, on Sunday evening. Child Kstraint seats — it’s the law! The most popular form of the card game bridge was thought up by the yachtsman and railroad financier Harold Stirling Vanderbilt on a cruise (probably on the bridge) from Los Angeles to Havana in the mid--1920s

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